The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-05
SALOON KEEPERS DEFIANT
The Police Arrested Twenty Bartenders
for Violating the Liquor Law.
An officer Excited the Wrath of John Huegele
and Resistance Was Threatened-AS Saloon
Man Assaulted an Directing Customer.

| The saloon men yesterday deied the police to
| enforce the liquor law, and the result nearly
| q of them will have answer for these
| violations before the Mayor this morning. Quite
| number of the downtown saloon keepers held
a conference on Saturday night and decided that
they would stand together in openly setting aside
the law on the Fourth. They argued that this
was the best day of the year for them, and to
| deprive them of the right to do business on it
was an imposition they would not
stand. In order to if the
police were still bent enforcing the law a
good many of them put out feelers Sunday by
! opening their places. The half dozen arrests
made then showed them that they need expect
no leniency from the officers But still they
agreed to stand by their agreement and before
the sun was up yesterday morning three fourths
of the saloons in town were wide open. ready for
callers The day patrolmen. on their way to
roll call. saw what was coming, and one or two
of them brought their neighborhood saloon men
with them. Superintendent Travis was notified
of the intention Of the keepers and he
gave instructors to arrest every
who could be caught selling. Ex-
ira Patrolman Evans sent out in citizens
dress, aud before o'clock nalf dozen violators
had been brought in. Up to that hour nearly all
the places had been rum .ng openly but the
wholesale arrests frightened them, and nearly all
closed their doors and resumed the old way of
doing business on the sly, with from two to
four watchers the outside. The saloons in
the heart of the city gave about all the trouble,
and but few OF their proprietors bartenders
escaped arrest during the day. In all, nineteen
arrests were made. Some of the keepers were
more defiant than the Others and after they had
been arrested ard released on bail. returned to
their places of business and began selling again.
bartender promptly rearres:ed, and
after the second time willing
to close manifested. One fourth of
the arrests were made by the extra, Evans. He
had some very interesting experiences. During
the forenoon he walked into John Huegle's place
with a crowd. and. after he had watched the
glasses Of whisky set out and drunk he told the
bartender, III. w. Sextroh, to come with him.
Huegle sitting behind the counter. and at
the words he sDrang out into the middle OF the
floor and demanded Evans to show by what
authority he could come in there and arrest his
bartender.
Il am an officer said Mr.. Evans, displaying
IF you are, you can't take my bartender"
said Huegle.
mo, you can't" chorusad the ten who had
just paid for their drinks
4 will take him. said Evans.
lyon wilfaevsr take him out OF here unless
you are better man than all Of us" put in
Hugele.
well, will see who is the best man." said
Evans. drawing his mace preparatory to taking
MS prisoner by force At that moment Patrol
man Bruce came in. and after some more wran-
Cling Hugele decided that he would have TO al
low his bartender TO go. 1t the first time
the police had able to catch Mr.
Hugele and his indignation unreasonable.
All the hotels violated the law. more or less. but
the Bates House the boliest, and
quently got caught twice during the DAY. In
In the morrng Thomas Murray. the bartender,
was arrested, and at night c. NJ. Scott was slated
with four charges for selling and
for committing assault and battery
a one-legeed About 8 o'clock two
got to the bar and bought a glass of beer each.
When they came to pay for it Scott charged
them Is cents per glass. They objected. and
then Scott with another man whose name is
known. undertook to put them out. When
Captain Colbert and Sergeants Lowe and Quig-
lev came up they having very lively
station-house. Those arrested follows:
Charles Militia, Ell. d. Sextroh 1.-TWO casesI. VIM.
Hid 1.-TWO casesl George Chickentenz, George
Zaph. Lewis Tamawn, Thomas Murry, George
Willem John Wagner. Ed Gearing. George Nj.
Daree, Austin Crye. John Flemming. Frank
Bauer Austin Pof. Frank Andrews and G. NJ.
Scott.
1--WE have been giving the saloon keepers a
little rope of late, said Superintendent Travis,
last evening. land they concluded they do
as they please. There is only way to man
age them. and that is to watch them all the time.
If they think we have let up this business.
they mistaken. From they will be
treated as they deserve to be treated"